Team AIB Racing

Innovation in the Fast Lane

Team AIB Racing

Innovation in the Fast Lane

The Car

F1 in Schools cars weigh between 55 and 100 grams, and travel at speeds of over 70km/h. Teams undertake huge amounts of research and development, testing and analysis to develop the cars, which are propelled by high pressure CO2 canisters. There is a large number of rules and regulations which must be adhered to in the design of a winning F1 in Schools car.

Left is our World Finals car - complete with new, innovative and clever design features. The team has undertaken vast amounts of virtual (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and physical (high speed video analysis, wind tunnel flow visualisation, track, strength) testing of the car to create our fastest car yet. Through hours of hard work, learning from experts in the industry of design, and the use of clear cut, easy to follow design processes, our team engineered the car we felt was best placed to drive us to success. Our car delievered a team best 1.046 seconds track time at the 2015 World Finals, in our final race of the competition.